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2013-12-14 -Land of the Free

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Posted by badanov 2013-12-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Remember when philosopher meant a lover of wisdom?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-12-14 05:22|| 2013-12-14 05:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, here's a start -

10 USC § 311 - Militia: composition and classes

(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-12-14 08:10|| 2013-12-14 08:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Breitbart: Firearms stocks soar.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-12-14 08:48|| 2013-12-14 08:48|| Front Page Top

#4 They always ask the question backwards. I don't need a reason to own a gun, or to worship as I please or to refuse to let the police rummage through my things without cause. These are Constitutional rights. Anyone who wants to encroach on my Constitutional rights has the burden of proof.

Can you imagine the outcry if there were background checks for abortion?

Posted by Iblis 2013-12-14 10:06|| 2013-12-14 10:06|| Front Page Top

#5 32 USC § 313 - Appointments and enlistments: age limitations

Current through Pub. L. 113-31. (See Public Laws for the current Congress.)

(a) To be eligible for original enlistment in the National Guard, a person must be at least 17 years of age and under 45, or under 64 years of age and a former member of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps. To be eligible for reenlistment, a person must be under 64 years of age.
(b) To be eligible for appointment as an officer of the National Guard, a person must
(1) be a citizen of the United States; and
(2) be at least 18 years of age and under 64.

Do sections 311 and 313 limit the militia to able-bodied people under age 45 (or 64 as in 313)? It would seem that people over 64 would not be able to be a part of the militia--organized or unorganized. What is your interpretation?

Posted by JohnQC 2013-12-14 10:06|| 2013-12-14 10:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Can you imagine the outcry if there were background checks for abortion? Not a great Comparison since abortion is not a right outlined in the constitution even though the left believes so.

But given that the left has yelled and screamed at the notion of requiring proof of residency and citizenship for voting is probably better proof of the leftist hypocrisy of constitutional rights.

Posted by Airandee 2013-12-14 10:31|| 2013-12-14 10:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Their mere presence makes suicide, domestic violence and accidents more likely. The fewer people with guns at hand, the less gun violence.

Employing that logic one could conclude that restaurants that have a jar of free matches makes the threat of a catastrophic fire exponentially more likely. Its really quite simple. The fewer people with matches at hand, the less arson.

Posted by DepotGuy 2013-12-14 11:38|| 2013-12-14 11:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Not a great Comparison since abortion is not a right outlined in the constitution even though the left believes so.

True. A more apt analogy would be mandatory identification and proof of citizenship in order to vote.

Posted by Pappy 2013-12-14 11:51|| 2013-12-14 11:51|| Front Page Top

#9 1. Set up a straw man.
2. Cut it down.
3. See how easy that was.

The facts do not provide an answer, they only seem to.
(And if you have a certain mindset you'll fall for it)

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-12-14 11:57|| 2013-12-14 11:57|| Front Page Top

#10
"On the other hand, I turn out to be pretty good with a 16 horsepower chainsaw, as long as the trees are on the small side."

And a chainsaw can do a ripping good job of making a point, as Paul Newman demonstrated in Sometimes A Great Notion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvDpiUD3lJs

Posted by Dave D. 2013-12-14 13:18|| 2013-12-14 13:18|| Front Page Top

#11 a Philosophy Professor "you want fries with that"?

Posted by Frank G 2013-12-14 13:43|| 2013-12-14 13:43|| Front Page Top

#12 He could almost replace gun violence with child birth and poof, we are in communist China. This self proclaimed philosopher needs to get back to reading Plato and pondering the "good" and stop being political.

Posted by 49 Pan 2013-12-14 13:47|| 2013-12-14 13:47|| Front Page Top

#13 I have on Tennessee vs. Wichita St.

The Battle of New Orleans was joined by a number of Tennessee Volunteers, and assisted the defeat of a foreign invader.

The other represents Kansas, where during its formative years had armed citizenry defeat criminals.

Besides being bland and illogical, this is a failure of a person of learning; complete preener. Because he does not have the will to learn to handle a firearm properly, I by default am incapable because I simply do not measure to the good puffy's gift to humanity? Don't target shoot at home, don't get off campus much eh bowtie? Wolf is on the colt, or the bear is through the door, and I am supposed to hop in the car, travel to the armory, check out my equipment, and then get back home?

Criminals are not going to turn in their firearms, that is their trade tool. Gonna ask a Taxi Operator to give up his cab?

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-12-14 15:11|| 2013-12-14 15:11|| Front Page Top

#14 #5 I noted as a start point. Several states have separate militias, to take the place of federalized and deployed National Guard units. The law may have been changed, but when I went in, individuals taking Regular Army commissions were subject to recall at any time to include beyond 64.

Posted by P2Kontheroad 2013-12-14 18:02|| 2013-12-14 18:02|| Front Page Top

#15 "Not a great Comparison since abortion is not a right outlined in the constitution even though the left believes so."

Depends on your audience. I love using this line with Leftists. They always respond with "But my right to abortion is Constitutionally....oh."

Posted by Iblis 2013-12-14 20:07|| 2013-12-14 20:07|| Front Page Top

#16 What the idiot misses is that my neighborhood is safe because there's a good chance anyone you attempt to rob or assault is armed.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2013-12-14 23:47|| 2013-12-14 23:47|| Front Page Top

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